Alfred Haase

Alfred Haase (29 June 1919-23 February 2009) was a German Wehrmacht sergeant during World War II. He was the father of the famous Norwegian singer Anni-Frid Lyngstad from ABBA.

Biography
Alfred Haase was born in Gunzenhausen, Bavaria, Germany in 1919, and he served in the Wehrmacht during World War II, taking part in the occupation of Norway. During his stationing in Ballangen, he had a relationship with a local Norwegian woman, Synni Lyngstad, and she was pregnant with her daughter Anni-Frid when Haase and his unit were withdrawn to Germany at the war's end in May 1945; Anni-Frid was born on 15 November 1945, and Synni died on 28 September 1947. Haase was originally believed to have died when his ship sunk during the evacuation, but he was, in fact, alive, and he remarried upon his return to Germany, where he worked as a pastry baker. In 1977, his son from his marriage read a biography of Anni-Frid Lyngstad and asked if Haase had been stationed in Ballangen; Haase met with his long-lost daughter in Stockholm, Sweden a few months later. Haase died in 2009 at the age of 89.